Essays by Paul Graham GPT
A tool for thinking — unrestrictive and full of surprises.
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A tool for thinking — unrestrictive and full of surprises.
378 followers
I built this because GPT kept hallucinating what PG “might say.” This custom GPT only pulls from paulgraham.com — no summaries, no fluff, just cited answers straight from his essays. Built for builders who want clarity, not noise.
Essays by Paul Graham GPT
I’m a founder and like many here, I often turn to Paul Graham’s essays when I’m stuck, thinking about ideas, markets, ambition, or just getting unstuck.
But asking GPT “What would PG say about this?” often returned vague summaries, hallucinations, or web-scraped noise. So I built a GPT that only pulls from the essays on paulgraham.com. No web search. No guesswork. Just direct answers with citations.
You can ask:
• What does PG say about cofounders?
• How to find startup ideas?
• What mistakes do early founders make?
…and it will respond with actual passages from his essays + links.
Would love your feedback, feature ideas, or thoughts on expanding this to other thinkers (e.g. Naval, Ben Horowitz, etc).
This is such a fun and interesting product! I've actually created my version of him before, using system prompt. But obviously, you guys are doing a much more serious job. Upvoted!
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Interesting. Are you also planning any series? Like Essays by [... add any personality] :)
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@busmark_w_nika Definitely can, was thinking of the YC library as well, that's another resource I frequent. Do you have any recommendations?
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@raunaqvaisoha Actually, when this is mentioned, why not reach out to YC Combinator to create such an initiative and get their support as well?
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@busmark_w_nika That's a great idea, would love your advice as we launch that one.
@busmark_w_nika Good idea!
I just tried chatting with this GPT, it's really straightforward, clear. A useful idea, thank you.
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It's very good.
I am featuring it on AISQ /Radio today. More people need to know about it, because it's awesome to get the close-to-reality advice and ideas, instead of AI hallucinations.
Congrats on launching this
Love the clarity this brings to Paul Graham’s work founders really need that kind of focused insight.
I help early-stage startups grow fast on LinkedIn. If you're looking to amplify this, happy to support.
Probably the two best ways I think about how to prompt my friend's practice fundraising pitches is to give the general company idea into chatgbt and then ask what would Paul Graham ask (and also take a very different investor Keith Rabios). I like the essay specific look up here.. Thanks for building this.